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Diagnosaurus 2.0
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Author

Roni F. Zeiger, MD

Copyright

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Some of the material in this work has been derived from Papadakis MA, McPhee SJ (editors): CURRENT Consult Medicine 2007, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc., 2006.

Dedication

Dedicated to the memory of G. Thomas Evans, Jr., MD, whose passion for teaching touched so many.

Notice

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